SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION How important is it to use biologicals in your cultural practices? EXTREMELY SOMEWHAT NOT IMPORTANT What types of crops do you grow? 71% 64% 51% 47% 38% 29% 22% 7% 4% 2% 18% ANNUALS PERENNIALS VEG TRANSPLANTS HERBS What is your FOLIAGE GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES NURSERY CROPS MICROGREENS CANNABIS SOFT FRUITS OTHER When selecting growing media, how important is its environmental impact to you? 3% Yes, If the plants 18% 43% SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT 36% EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SOMEWHAT UNIMPORTANT grow vigorously with a healthy root system, they require much less labor. Growing media products already inoculated with beneficials (myco, How important is it to have technical support from your growing media supplier/ manufacturer? SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT Premier Tech InFocus | A5 27% Labor is very 49% 24% important. A happy employee is usually a good employee. Switched to mixes last year to a 2cu bag that was easier to handle speeding up our filling process. e.g.) benefit my labour bottom-line by reducing the number of steps (including actual inoculation and cleanup) and decreasing time between sowing and transplanting. How do labor issues impact your business? Can a growing media product help you reduce labor? Please explain. Less time spent prepping media (eg coir) is always better for me; one less variable to be accounted for. 29% 3.8 COMPRESSED 27% 2.8 LOOSE 16% 60 BULK LOOSE 13% LARGE BALE FORMAT 11% LOOSE BULK DELIVERY 4% GROW BAGS preferred packaging for growing media? 44% BIOFUNGICIDE 53% 11% 27% NO BIOINSECTICIDE ONLY CHEMICAL PESTICIDES 38% 20% 42% Are you currently using or planning to use any of the following biologicals in your cultural practices? 29% BIOSTIMULANT List your preferred sources of information for crop information and growing media trends. 61% MAGAZINE 42% TRADESHOWS 36% WEBINARS 33% INDUSTRY EXPERTS 27% DISTRIBUTORS REP 24% MANUFACTURER WEBSITE 24% YOUTUBE 21% SOCIAL MEDIA 18% SEMINARS 9% OTHER i